Flow can sound like a buzz word to some. Everyone has experienced the feeling. It’s that feeling where time disappears, and you get lost in a routine of positive production. Entering a “flow state” is a key to success in any field, including the game of baseball. In that zone, everything comes naturally, and your skills take over without the impediments of thought. At Stanford University, David Melnikoff has tried to uncover the magic factors that allow us to enter a flow state.
Melnikoff says that entering a flow state is most possible when a task is between routine and unreachable.